4183results about "Web data querying" patented technology

Providing immediate search feedback is disclosed. Search input is received within a search field of a web browser application. Based on characteristics of the search input, a determination is made whether to automatically submit a query to a search engine. In one aspect, the query is automatically submitted to the search engine. The query is based on the received first search input. Results are displayed within the web browser application, the results web page returned from the query submitted to the search engine.

A system and method for efficiently searching directory listing information to obtain more relevant results is provided. In a computer system running a computing application, it is advantageous to provide search capabilities, in the form of a search engine, to operators to assist them in their effort of retrieving desired data. The search engine may cooperate with a data store having directory listing information to provide listings data to an operator. In an illustrative implementation, this search engine may be deployed on an Internet Web site that offers business listing information. The search system may comprise a user interface to enter search query information, a data store that houses a variety of directory listing information according to a predefined data taxonomy, and a means for displaying the search results. In operation, the search engine offers a variety of search options, such as, search by business name, by business categories levels, by geographic position of the user or the business, or a combination thereof. Depending on the search query entered, the search engine will perform either a bounded search (i.e. a search bounded to a specific geographic area), a proximity search (i.e. a search proximate to a computed centroid), or a combination of the two to find the most relevant directory listings. Using the inputted search qualifiers, the search engine polls the data store according to a predefined set of rules and instructions for the relevant directory listing information. These rules are directly related to the taxonomy of the data store.

A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.

Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language user input; identifying, with the one or more processors, an intent object of a set of intent objects and a parameter associated with the intent, where the intent object and the parameter are derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects; and providing the intent object and the parameter to the software application.

A method for determining statistically significant token sequences lends itself for use in the recognition of broken wrappers as well as the construction of new wrapper rules. When new wrapper rules are needed as the underlying wrapped data has changed, training examples are used to recognized data rule candidates that are culled with a bias for rule candidates that would be probably more successful. The resulting rule candidate set is clustered according to feature characteristics, then compared to the training examples. Those rule candidates most similar to the training examples are used to create new wrapper rules.

A system and method for recommending on-line articles and documents to users is disclosed. The method provides an article widget user interface and a full-screen widget user interfaces to allow a user to rate articles, to preview articles, to filter articles based on category, article length, or other characteristics. A recommender system is configured to provide a continually refreshing list of recommended articles to the user via the user interfaces. The system comprises a module configured to monitor the user's explicit and implicit interactions with the user interfaces, and provides a refreshed list of recommended articles accordingly. The recommender system may be configured to use a package of approaches including rule-based, content-based or collaborative filtering approaches including Slope, Co-Visitation, Mwinnow and Clustering/Co-clustering.

A method for searching in multiple relationship-searching hosts. The method can be installed in a computer, wherein the computer comprises a user interface (UI) to access search conditions. Firstly the method begins with inputting the search conditions on the UI. Next, the search conditions are transmitted to the hosts with each of the hosts' data format retrieved from a server data format database in the computer. Then the hosts retrieve search results according to the search conditions and transmit the search results to the computer. Next, the search results are stored in a found profile database of the computer. The method makes a user be capable to register and search matched users in the multiple relationship-searching hosts, instead of repeatedly behavior of search in different hosts.

Augmenting processing of information objects transferred among processors within a network. Processing is performed by a process, or processor, (called a "robot") at any point in the network where an information object is transferred, or where the object resides. By allowing processing at source, destination and at "interim" points between the source and destination, the ability to add functionality, services, control and management of objects and object transfers is greatly enhanced. The robots, can reside at any point in the system. A robot can be local to an end-user's computer, can reside on a content source server, or can be on another computer, processor, storage location or device on the network. Any type of processing can be performed by the robots. For example, access rights can be maintained so that certain attributes and values of information objects are restricted on a per user, per machine, chronological or other basis. Robots can use conditions which, when satisfied by attribute/value pairs within a specific object, or conditions which are satisfied by other, external, conditions, trigger specific processing. The processing can include one or more objects, other information processing, software or hardware control functions, etc. Information can be appended to objects. Statistics on object use, publication, subscription or transfers can be compiled. Groups of robots can operate in cooperation. Robots can share information.

Systems, methods and media for utilizing electronic document usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software utilizing electronic document usage information to respond to user search requests with search engines are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving a search request from a requesting user and receiving document utilization information associated with one or more electronic documents, where the document utilization information provides an indication of the usage of the electronic documents by one or more users. Further embodiments include generating search results based at least partially on the search request and the document utilization information and transmitting an indication of the search results to the requesting user. Further embodiments include generating statistical information regarding the search results for electronic documents and transmitting the generated statistical information.

A computer-based information search method comprises the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query comprising at least one term; receiving a network resource list, the list comprising at least one web site selected from a predetermined web site list; semantically analyzing the search query; and searching the network resource list for a response to the search query using a search engine. A computer-based citation search method comprises the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query comprising an patent identification condition; receiving a list of patent databases; searching the list of patent databases to collect at least one reference patent that cites patents or is cited by patents satisfying the condition of the search query; and producing a citation list, the list comprising at least an owner of the reference patent.

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for processing queries provided as short messages. Keywords can be extracted from short messages and specific meaning can be derived and attributed to the short messages based on various attributes and context associated with the message, time of day and a user. Responses are provided that comprise content from information sources identified as best-fit search result. Responses are provided that comprise a menu having options identifying plural high probability search results. An alert system is disclosed for generating and managing alerts based on search results. Based on search results, a user can be connected to an information service or a transactional system and can be provided with advertising, marketing and help information.

A method of searching for files located in a computer system, wherein each file has at least one of a plurality of fields, by creating a search query, selecting a subset of the fields for searching wherein the subset is selected independent of the search query, and processing the files by examining the content of only those fields included in the subset for matching against the query. The fields can be selected by using a default setting. Certain fields are ignored during the processing step. An illustrative embodiment is adapted for use with hypertext markup language (HTML) files that are transmitted along the Internet's World Wide Web. The user interface may include a pop-up window that displays a list of the tags which may be embedded in the files, and allows a user to individually select one or more tags so displayed for searching.

Techniques are disclosed for improved information integration in accordance with information sources such as web services in a distributed information system. For example, a technique for processing a query obtained from a user in an information integration system, wherein the information integration system is associated with a database and one or more information sources, comprises the following steps/operations. The user query is transformed to one or more queries valid with respect to one or more of the information sources associated with the database. Based on the one or more transformed queries, a query plan executable on the database is generated, wherein at least a portion of results returned to the user in response to the query are based on at least a portion of results returned from execution of the query plan. In one embodiment, the information sources may be web services. Further, a number, a nature and/or an identity of the one or more information sources may be dynamic or change over time.

A method of calling and setting up communication link from an Internet search engine and searching service. System components include: (a) a database; (b) a search engine; (c) a control server; (d) a client-side component; (e) a web server (hosting a web-site for a business or organization or individual who associates with the search result, the said client-side component also embedded in web pages of the said web-site); (f) a gateway transferring audio data into PSTN; (g) a client software or (h) an interface or (i) a call center or (0) an information appliance (such as an ordinary telephone, PC or PDA, taking/answering the call). Components set up instant online communication based upon the search terms entered into a search engine. Integrates VoIP techniques, search engine, audio CODEC, video CODEC, TCP/IP, database management technology, providing a communicating platform and data communicating services.

A system for determining changes in the interest of a subject over a time period. The system measures the volume of news articles for a subject over a time period and makes a comparison to a previous volume of news articles for the same subject over a previous time period.

An improved method for retrieving documents from the web and other databases that uses a process of continuous improvement to converge towards near-perfect results for search queries. The method is very highly scalable, yet delivers very relevant search results.

The invention discloses an information pushing method and device. According a specific implementation mode, the method comprises the following steps: analyzing a page content scanned by a user, extracting keywords of the page content and determining a theme which corresponds to the keywords; determining preset keywords which are matched with the keywords in a preset keyword set; determining association keywords which are associated with the determined preset keywords on the basis of the pre-established association relation of the preset keywords; and pushing information which corresponds to the theme and/or the association keywords for the user. In the implementation mode, information is pushed in a targeted manner.

Described is a system and method for searching multiple disparate search engines. More particularly, a search system provides search engine manager that operates to provide a standard interface with which one or more search engines may be queried through a search client. The search system being extensible, allows for the addition of search engines beyond the time of the initial construction of the search system. Each search engine, being wrapped around a COM (component object model) object, first registers with the search system through the wrapper, the wrapper providing communication between the search engine manager and the search engine. When initiated by a client, a query is transmitted to the search engines in series, the search engines execute the query in parallel, and the results are returned asynchronously to the client.